Chapter 9: The Fall of the Dutch East India Company (1)

All the pirates of Blackbeard cheered, and Shi Lang shouted even louder: "Brothers, the general is here, everyone kill!" ”

Shi Lang did not forget that the general said that as long as the Dutch East India Company was eliminated this time, then he would be able to resume his official position. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

In order to regain the trust of the general, Shi Lang also fought hard.

"Brothers, as long as you can eradicate this Dutch fleet, Lao Tzu will be rewarded."

"The main force of our naval army is in front of us, as long as we can drag down these ghosts, the general will not treat us badly. If we escape, what will the general think of us, and what will our families think of us. For our future and glory, brothers, fight! ”

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What Shi Lang didn't expect was that the first person to echo him was Zhao Jiu, who was usually the most afraid of death.

Zhao Jiu gritted his teeth and shouted, "Boss, needless to say, we did it." People die and birds rise to the sky, and they do not die for thousands of years. For the glory and wealth of the future, Bo! ”

"Yes, Boss. We bet, if we win, Nanyang will be ours in the future. ”

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Seeing that the pirates under his command were willing to gamble their lives on the future, Shi Lang shouted: "Okay, brothers change the rudder and fight with the Netherlands!" ”

"Turn the rudder!"

"Turn the rudder!"

As the order was passed down one by one, the cables of the sails of the Blackbeard Pirates' three locks were pulled quickly, and the bow of the ship was turned around.

The Blackbeard pirates were turning around, and the fleet of the Dutch East India Company also discovered the main force of the Oriental Fleet of the Zheng Jiashui Division behind him at this time, starting with three warships of the former general level, leading 7 lock ships, and was killing him.

Commander-in-Chief Gulas Felburg took his glasses and saw that the three warships at the head were a full circle larger than his own, and the number of black windows on the side of the ships was innumerable.

The number of guns on the ship, needless to say, is much greater than that of its own fleet!

Gulas Feuerburg shouted angrily: "We have been fooled! Fallen for the damned Shina man's scheme! ”

Captain Holland asked, "My lord, what shall we do now?" ”

"What else can I do? Leave the pirates alone, let's go! ”

"Yes!"

The Dutch fleet didn't want to care about the Blackbeard pirates anymore, but the Blackbeard pirates wanted to provoke the Dutch fleet.

Shi Lang pulled out his matching knife and roared fiercely: "Shoot at the Dutch warship!" ”

"Fire! Fire! ”

One of the sailors shouted, "General, those pirates are still shelling us!" ”

"Damn it, keep those pirates down for me and get out of the way!" Gulas Felburg hurriedly gave the order.

With the order of the commander-in-chief, the Dutch battleships kept smashing shells at each other,

The two sides fired at each other with artillery, and the shells continued to roar on the left and right of the battleship, and the columns of water rose into the sky, and then dispersed in mid-air, raining down on the battleship with great momentum.

But the Dutch battleships each had forty-four guns, and four had 176.

Blackbeard pirates had only twenty-five guns, and their firepower was far inferior to that of Dutch warships, and for a time they were completely suppressed.

Seeing that he could not hold back the Dutch fleet at all, Shi Lang could only shout fiercely: "Brothers, rush to the enemy at all costs and sink the ship of the ghosts!" ”

The pirates on the locks were desperately pulling the cables of the sails, using the wind as much as possible to increase their speed, and the three locks rushed straight towards the Dutch battleship!

The locks split the sea, the waves rolled, and the speed was getting faster and faster!

Although these three locks were not at the same level as the Dutch warships, for all the Blackbeard pirates, as long as they could delay for a moment longer, it would be equivalent to buying them some more time for the Eastern Fleet.

Seeing the pirate ship rushing towards him fearlessly, the captain hurriedly shouted: "General, those pirates are trying to sink us!" ”

Gulas Felburg yelled, "Sink those pirates for me!" ”

The Dutch warships bombarded the pirate ship with all their might, and the "General Eagle Young", which bore the brunt of the blow, received a fatal blow.

There was even a cannonball that pierced the armor below its water level, and a large amount of seawater poured in instantly.

"General Eagle Yang" began to sink rapidly into the sea, and the huge traction force even lifted the first half of the ship high, with a loud bang. The keel is broken! The "General Eagle Yang", which was split into two sections, slowly sank into the sea.

The fifty or sixty surviving pirates jumped into the sea and swam desperately out.

They knew that the shipwreck would create a huge whirlpool, and if they didn't escape from it, there was only one way out.

The sinking of the "General Eagle Yang" did not affect the speed of the other ships, but on the contrary, it stimulated the pirates, who were originally silent, let out a "whoosh" cry, and the movements in their hands became faster and more crazy.

Ever since they became pirates, pirates have known that their lives are full of dangers, and they are gambling with their lives for fortune!

Seeing that the pirates were still rushing towards them without fear of death, Gulas Felburg jumped to his feet and shouted: "These bastards are a bunch of crazy people, quickly turn your left helm and avoid them!" ”

"Left full rudder!"

The Dutch sailors let go of the right cable and at the same time tightened the left cable, and the huge mainmast beam drove the sail to the left, and under the force of the wind, the ship quickly turned left.

The wind was strong, and the Dutch battleship, which was upwind, raised its full sails in order to escape as quickly as possible, and the speed was very fast.

The ship suddenly turned to the left, and the whole ship creaked loudly.

Gulas Felburg hurriedly grabbed the handrail.

Seeing that the Dutch warship wanted to avoid it, Shi Lang didn't think about it and immediately drank: "The right rudder is full, rush over!" ”

Two warships made a sharp turn almost at the same time,

The sea breeze was blowing in his ears, looking at the bronze hull of the battleship Hecht, Shi Lang stared at the enemy ship that was constantly approaching, and his mind became tighter and tighter!

It's getting closer!

Shi Lang shouted: "Hold on! ”

As the voice finished shouting, the Captive General slammed into the Hecht.

In an instant, the foremast jib of the Hecht was destroyed, and it was like a sudden sudden braking, and many Dutch sailors were caught off guard, and they were dodged on the deck, and some even fell to sea.

Vice Admiral Gulas Feuerburg, commander of the Dutch fleet, did not stand still and fell down at once.

Before the Netherlands could react, Shi Lang had already shouted, "Fire!" ”

Shi Lang's shout suddenly woke everyone up.

"Fire!" Zhao Jiu hurriedly repeated Shi Lang's order loudly.

More than a dozen cannons opened fire in an instant, and the battleships of both sides were so close.

The cannonball tore a big hole in the middle of the rear mainmast of the Dutch ship and landed a hundred meters on the other side, and the hot cannonball suddenly made the sea rise several meters high, and frightened the Dutch sailors into panic.

Several of the Hect's sail cables were twisted off, and many of the ropes were entangled in iron chains, and the whole huge sail was swept upside down.

Seeing that the mainmast of his battleship had been damaged by pirates and that navigation was severely disrupted, Gulas Felburg yelled in exasperation: "Send these damned bastards to the bottom of the sea!" ”

In the Dutch counterattack, hundreds of guns completely lost its combat effectiveness in an instant, 48 pirates were killed, 55 were seriously wounded, the mainmast was blown off, and the buildings on the deck were basically destroyed.

A cannonball exploded next to Shi Lang, sending him flying straight out, hitting a box hard, and fainting directly.

Immediately after that, another crossbow also suffered the same treatment, one after another cannonballs smashed countless large holes in the body of the "strong crossbow", and at close range, the shells of the Dutch battleship beat the "strong crossbow" into a hornet's nest.

A large amount of seawater poured into the Strongbow from countless holes, and the Strongbow's entire hull flipped to one side under the irrigation of a large amount of seawater.

When the captain of the crossbow saw this, he could only cry out with tears in his eyes: "Abandon the ship!" (To be continued.) )